Conscience

In the Year of Our Conscience 2009

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillel, Conscience, Health Reform, Gaza War, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hafiz, Linnaeus, New Year's Commentary, Politics News
RJ Eskow

We're going to make some difficult decisions in 2009. Let's hope that the first question we ask ourselves won't be "Will it work?" but "Is it right?" If we're going to arouse any human response in the coming year, shouldn't it be conscience?

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Why So Many Trees?

Mary Lou Song | Posted 12.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Social Good, Holidays, Laura Bush, Conscience, President Bush, Charity, Christmas Trees, Giving Life, Tokoni, Living News
Mary Lou Song

Instead of just the Big Three CEOs, congress should be asking everyone to do something to show their sympathy for those who are ringing in the holidays without homes and without jobs.

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Sens. Clinton and Murray Introduce Legislation to Block New HHS Refusal Rule

Emily Douglas | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Refusal, Patty Murray, HHS Contraception, HHS Regulations, Reproductive Health, Birth Control, Health, Hhs, Hillary Clinton, Contraception, Regulation, Provider Conscience, Patient's Rights, Conscience, Politics News
Emily Douglas

The proposed HHS rule would require any health care entity that receives federal funds certify that none of its employees are required to assist with medical services they find objectionable.

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HHS Has "Failed Entirely" With Conscience Proposal, Says Planned Parenthood and ACLU

Amie Newman | Posted 11.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Women, Conscience, Women's Health, Health, Reproductive Rights, George W. Bush, Contraception, Reproductive Health, Hhs, Birth Control, Living News
Amie Newman

The Bush administration quickly released proposed regulations that would have disastrous effects on health care consumers, in particular women seeking contraception.

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The Whistleblower Who Tried to Prevent the Iraq War

Norman Solomon | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War, Government Communications Headquarters, Conscience, Phil Donahue, United Nations, Iraq War, National Security Agency, New York Times, Iraq, Katharine Gun, Politics News
Norman Solomon

A new book, The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War explains in personal, political and historic terms what Katharine Gun did.

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The Dept. of Health and Hallowed Services

Cristina Page | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Refusal Clauses, Abortion, Pro-Life, Leavitt, Pro-Choice, Hhs, Contraception, Conscience, Home News
Cristina Page

As Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Mike Leavitt has shown himself to be a devoted bureaucrat and a man of moral conviction. ...

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Love it or Leavitt

Cristina Page | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Relgious Extremists, Abortion, Conscience, Regulation, Contraception, Hhs, Mike Leavitt, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Right to Refuse, Leavitt Blog Post, Politics News
Cristina Page

Women have had to run a gauntlet to get reproductive health care in recent years. If left to the Secretary of HHS, that gauntlet may be the healthcare passage for everyone.

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Say Courage

Paula Gordon | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Anthony Lewis, Robert Franklin, Morehouse College, Randall Kennedy, Conscience, Courage, Martin Luther King, Politics News
Paula Gordon

I, for one, am ready to exercise the courage required to breathe new life into Abraham Lincoln's ringing words, "that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish..."

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What St. Nicholas Taught Me

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Turkey, Hilda Van Stockum, Conscience, St. Nicholas, Money, Ben Stein, Nieuw Amsterdam, Russians, New York City, Greeks, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Doesn't the enormous power of our financial institutions require that they make their decisions with an eye to the long-term consequences of their decisions?

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